Ink-bottle stand and holder.



L. ASHEIM.

INK BOTTLE STAND AND HOLDER.

APYLICATION FILED DBO. s, 1911.

1,026,780. Patented May 21, 1912.

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LEONARD ASHEIM, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

INK-BOTTLE STAND AND HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Application flied December 5, 1911. Serial No. 664,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD ASHEIM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink-Bottle Stands and Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to ink bottles and the like and more particularly to a device for preventing the same from being over turned.

The main object of this invention is to provide an ink stand and holder which can be readily stamped out of sheet metal, card board, or the like and be suitable for holding an ink bottle securely within its parts.

A further object is to provide an ink stand and holder which will be comparatively light in weight, and cheap to manufacture, and at the same'time very satisfactory for the-purpose intended.

Another object is to have the stamped out and holding portions of the device arranged so that they will lock on themselves, a resilient band placed thereon to reinforce the holding action of the device, and in addition to have said band engage with the sides of the bottle held, so that it will be more securely held thereby.

A still "further object is to have the stamped out portions of a design to eliminate the necessity of requiring any material of the holder to be cut out and wasted in order to produce the desired device.

Other objects of this invention will become apparent as it is more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example an embodiment of this invention, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a piece of material with its bottle holding portion cut in the desired manner, and Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the holder with its stamped out portion in a normal position for holding a bottle.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the construction shown in the drawings, 1 represents a card which has the portion arranged to receive the bottle to be held, out into the design shown-in Fig. 1. It will be noticed that two intersecting diametrical cuts 2 are made across this portion, and that circular cuts 3 are made centrally between the center and the circumferential portion of this part of the device, and that cuts 4 are made from the ends of the last mentioned cuts 3, which extend outwardly to the circumferential lines and at right angles to the diameters disposed midway between the diametrical cuts 2 as is clearly shown in the drawings. It will be noticed that these cuts make four arrow shaped pieces 5, and semi-triangular pieces 6 between the same. In the particular design shown in the drawings, a pair of these triangular pieces are disposed between each arrow piece, and these pieces 6, when disposed perpendicularly to the plane of the piece of material from which they are cut, have their upper portions extend horizontally below the lower. portion of the arrow lips 7 of the arrows, so that when an elastic band 8 is placed on the holding portion of this device, the same will slip under the lips and be locked thereon. It will also be noticed that the rubber band engages with the sides of the bottle so that the same is frictionally held thereby in addition to the pieces 5 and 6.

It is of course understood that in a device of this kind, that the stamped portions will resiliently engage with the sides of the bottle and tend to hold it securelyin position. The provision of a rubber or other resilient band enables the device to hold securely on the bottle under all conditions, because it is well known that after a short period of use, that the pieces become sufficiently loose in their action to not provide a very strong hold on the bottle. However, the pieces 6 being relatively small normally keep their resiliency on the bottle for a long time, so that no provision is necessary to reinforce their action. The base of this device can be of any suitable shape and design and can be used for such purposes as advertisements, holding calendar pads, and many other things of a like nature, provided, however, that they are of sufiicient area to prevent the ink bottle from being tipped over under all ordinary conditions arising.

It is to be particularly noted that the arrow-shaped pieces 5 extend above the upper ends of the triangular pieces 6 such a distance that the heads of the arrow-shaped pieces constitute downwardly facing shoulders which lie slightly above the upper ends of the triangular-shaped pieces 6, which uper ends form upwardly facing shoulders.

y this means, the rubber band 8 is held in place, both as against upward and downward displacement, as it engages the downwardly facing shoulders and upwardly facing shoulders and snugly encircles the wall of the bottle between the arrow-shaped pieces 5. As I do not wish to be limited to the exact shape of these pieces, except so far as the provision of these shoulders is concerned, I have termed the arrowshaped pieces 5, in' the appended claim tongues and triangular-shaped pieces 6, I have termed lips, thisterminology being employed for the purpose of avoiding any limitation as to shape.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is a As a new article of manufacture, the herein described bottle holder, consisting of a single piece 'of material having a cut and stamped port-ion of an area and size to conform to that of the bottle to be held, the said form a plurality cut and stamped portion being designed to I of upstanding tongues and intermediate upstanding lips, the tongues being formed with downwardly facing shoulders and the lips terminating at their upper ends in upwardly facing shoulders in a plane slightly below the downwardly facing shoulders of the tongues, whereby an elastic band encircling the bottle inserted within the circle of the tongues and lips and engaged with the downwardly facing shoulders and upwardly facing shoulders, will be held as against upward and downward displacement.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD ASHEIM.

Witnesses:

REBEcoA CLARA MELTZER, SAMUEL A. WEISS. 

